Sunday, October 3, 2010

Frilly Figure Review#04: Fate T. Harlaown Figma

Hi everyone and welcome to another figure review. Today I got my hands on a new program called Adobe Lightroom3(Until now I've been using CS4). For those of us with old cameras(mine is a 6 mega-pixel Sony I got YEARS ago)...a good photo editing program is a must. There's so much to Lightroom that I've yet to explore, but I really love the way it presents your photos. It's just really user friendly.

-you can open each picture in a new tab if you want a bigger view.

Anyways, please enjoy this review of one of my grails!

Figure Information

Character: Fate T. Harlaown

Manufacturer: Max Factory

Version: Figma 009: Barrier Jacket Ver.

Sculptor: Asai Masaki

Price: 2800 jpy

Release Date: 07/2008

Image Review

The box! Yes I opened her just for this haha.

Side of the box.

Back of the box.

Top of the box.

Inner flap when you first pop the top off.

Her inside the plastic mold.

Instructions.

All the goods(except the plastic figma bag)

Zamber Form.

Harken Form.

Assault Form.

The bar connectors.

Alternate hair/face.

1st set of hands.

2nd set of hands.

Rear view of the cape.

Front view of the cape.

What she looks like stock.

Left side.

Rear side.

Right side.

Close up of her cape.

Those delicious boots. Seriously I love the design.

Close up of the jacket.

Skirt.

Her left arm gaurd.

Upskirt.

Random Pose.

Different View #1

Different View #2

What I have decided to pose her like. Yes she can hold that big ass sword in the air!

Different View.

Final Thoughts/Review:

Sculpt: 9/10

Painting: 8/10

Base: 9/10

Pose ability: 9/10

Packaging: 9/10

Enjoyment: 10/10

Total Score: 54/60

This figure is indeed my grail but I won't let that alter the truth. Overall the sculpt is very nice, remember this is an older figure. Most of the Nanoha Figmas have major QC problems(loose head pieces, poor paint jobs, etc). The painting wasn't that bad on fate which I was pretty pleased with. The figma base as always is very good. This figure can indeed support it's accessories which makes it great for almost any dynamic pose you can think of. This figure is pretty hard to come by(for retail price at least), but when it does get randomly re-issued...you may want to jump on it.